International Kidney Cancer Coalition (IKCC)

Kidney cancer is a major global health challenge. Every year, an estimated 435,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with kidney cancer and 1.37 million patients currently live with kidney cancer. Research and clinical trials in kidney cancer take place across continents and many kidney cancer experts sit on international panels.

IKCC is an independent international network of nearly 60 patient organisations dedicated to kidney cancer. Based in the Netherlands as a Medical Foundation, the Coalition was born from the ambition among various national kidney cancer patient groups to network, cooperate and share knowledge, and experiences around the world.

By working together and collecting the experiences of many patients in different countries, we represent the perspectives, insights and experiences of kidney cancer patients around the world and empower the kidney cancer community through advocacy, awareness, information and research, to better fight the cancer burden.